False Hope

Boang's tentacle arms swiftly paddled himself with unnatural speed. His eyes are locked at the speeding tail of the golden armored Dolphin carry the princess.

With each passing seconds, their distance is getting closer as the Dolphin seems to struggle breathing in the tainted water of the area. His sharp fangs are already screeching with saliva dripping with dirt and blood.

"That soft looking skin! That ugly sparkling red-tails and the suffocating smell of King Mahar is in that mermaid! I can't wait to feast on you!" Boang's mind was driven mad as his name implies.

SLOOSH!

SPLAK!

SLOOOSH!~

SPLAAK!

He would sometimes shoot a dark sticky liquid that seems to stick and corrode anything it touches. However, the Dolphin was also extraordinary fast enough to react against his attack despite the obvious disadvantage in their strength.

SLAAM!

SWooosh!~

From time to time, the crazy looking mutant would use his long tentacle arms to try and reach his targets but that latter was just incredibly agile. However, with each misses, a small creepy smile would glint in Boang's creepy mouth.

"Hold on princess! We will get out of this area soon! I can see the exit now and that creature shouldn't be able to chase us after then!" Dolphy assured while gasping badly from the suffocating air of the area. The princess nodded weakly.

It seems that the water in the area was incredibly bad for her as she started losing her strength and had been feeling incredibly dizzy ever since they entered the area. She had heard from her father about a certain cursed creature living far away in the deep Southern lands of the water realm.

A once-powerful soldier of the water realm, who refused to acknowledge his father's Lordship and also tried to ensure a massive rule change by force. Of course, the great King Mahar on his prime single-handedly took care of him and his men. Sending them running towards the southern lands with their tails between their legs.

The one who remained persistent was the strongest army they had before. Despite the kindness King Mahar has given, the former blatantly threatened to return stronger and with even more forces so the late King Mahar had no other choice but to curse him once and for all.

Perhaps, her father was just too kind. That he chooses to curse the latter instead of killing him in one go. He was probably giving the rebel a chance to reflect on himself and come back and serve the water realm with his utmost loyalty.

She clearly remembered the warning was given to her and the two other princesses never to come to close to the Dark lands deep in the southern area. Especially with their royal blood, not a single drop of them is allowed to be extracted or risk the imminent destruction of the whole water realm from a dangerous entity.

However, as things go now, she is not sure if what her father did was a good decision. With the rebel turned to a dangerous mutant, it was the same as letting a ticking time bomb lay around in your bed while sleeping, just waiting to release his wrath to explode in the water real. Especially now that their state is currently not in its best shape.

Her eyes had finally started to dim. A sign that she is greatly affected by the dark taint covering the whole area. It was only thanks to her sheer determination to find Elric that she managed to hold on this long.

SLOOSH!

With just a small spin, the Dolphin managed to avoid all the sticky liquid. Dolphy scanned his back with his echolocation ability and realized that the enemy is just 10 meters behind them. It was dangerously close, considering the abnormal speed the enemy is capable of.

"Faster! I need to go faster!" Dolphy forced himself to release his last remaining strength. He can already see the beautiful light that borders the Kingdom's land and the Dark lands of the Southern Realm.

SWOOOOOSH!~

Dash lift blurring images as he passed through every patch of the dark land. With all his might, he paddled himself forward trying to escape the grasp of the chasing mutant.

"Hehehe.. just a little bit more..." Boang had a creepy smile on his face as he watched the Dolphin desperately speeding up towards the so-called "safe land".

"You are mine." His eyes glared with pure greed and a maniac expression covered his entire face.

Just as when the Dolphin with a princess on its back was about to reach the bright and colorful border of the kingdom, twenty massive sharks of various species suddenly emerged from the sides and completely blocked their way.

Their eyes glowed with deep red, bloodlust completely painted in their faces.

"NO!" Dolphy came forced himself to a sudden halt.

The craving eyes of the banished sharks are locked on him and he instinctively diverted his momentum in hope to evade their large mouths but to no avail.

The princess has been thrown away from his back as the sudden stop sent her flying forward - closer to the mouth of the hungry sharks!

"PRINCES DIANA NO!" Dolphy bellowed.

SMACK!

THUD!

And the next instant, Dolphy saw himself planted on the dark sand, with huge and powerful tentacles of Boang holding him down and completely sealing his movements, while the princess in the other end of his other creepy tentacles lying unconsciously.

Its big rounded suckers surrounded by sharp fangs immediately plunged in Dolphy's body, not even the golden armor was spared from its overwhelming sharpness!

"It's too late! I failed! The water realm is doomed!"

Dolphy hopelessly closed his eyes as his powerless body layed down in complete surrender.